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New grants totaling approximately $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome.
… the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome. The awards, made over five years pending the … availability of funds, are managed by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … that is as universal and complete as possible. Known as a ‘pan-genome,’ the more-complete reference sequence will …
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The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) maintains and updates the human genome reference and provides it to the scientific community.
… The human genome reference is used by essentially all researchers who need to align and assemble experimental or patient genome sequence data. It also serves as a consensus coordinate system for reporting results. The genome reference is therefore a critical resource for the …
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Dr. Julie Segre is chief and a senior investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… the laboratory of Eric Lander, Ph.D., and the newly formed genome center. Dr. Segre then performed postdoctoral training … University of Chicago. Dr. Segre joined the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH in 2000 and was promoted to … epidermidis . MGS has determined that the S. epidermidis pan-genome is quite large with 80% core genes (~2,000 total) …
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Dr. Sean Conlan is an associate investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… Program, Frank KM, Palmore TN and Segre JA. Whole genome sequencing overrules a suspected case of … Program, Palmore TN, Frank KM and Segre JA. Complete genome sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla NDM-1 … HH, Murray PR and Segre JA. Staphylococcus epidermidis pan-genome sequence analysis reveals diversity of skin …